Cemeteries Differences

How do you want to be remembered when your day comes to die; the day when you are to leave this earth? Will it really matter where you are buried? For this field trip, we toke a different route and visited two, very distinct cemeteries. You would probably never thing that there would be a big difference. When you compare both of the cemeteries, it makes you realize of the variations between them and the economy also. Glenwood cemetery was the "rich", in the way that everything was lovely and big, and it was very clean, while Olivewood cemetery was the total opposite. Tall grasses, branches covering stones, as well as that they had broken them. It looked like they didn't have no respect towards the people that laid beneath those grounds. It really showed a contrast of many aspects in life. It showed how some people separate each other by race, sex, or religion.

Glenwood is the cemetery that has famous people and that is from a real high class and that came form a wealthy family. In this cemetery everything was peaceful and you could hear the birds singing and color flowers blooming. I felt relaxed and that I was in a friendly place, that I didn't have to look back to see if someone was following me. It look so fancy that I wished that could be buried there whenever I die.


                            


What can I say about Olivewood? That cemetery was the opposite from the other place, tall and ugly grass. Wed and branches everywhere, no flowers at all and there was no color just the grass green and the stones. There where no people there, it was lonely and it was abounded, but the time I was there I had to look back every minute to see if anything or anyone was following me. It sounded so noisy because of the highway right next to it, and there where crickets that would make me focus more on that them, then for the reason that we were really there for. After I got out of there I felt dirty and made me think where do I really want to be buried at. With who, what kind of serves do I want to have. You probably say well I don't care because I'm going to be dead, but looking at it wouldn't you want someone to go see you and leave you flowers for your birthday, Christmas, mothers/fathers day?

Public Art

Beautiful art can explain and tell a lot about a place, from where it came from; to where it will go. Art sometimes has history or even stories that it can tell its self. Lots of them can be shown and described as how it looked in the past years. Art doesn't have to tell you a story, it can also be to express the persons emotions and actions. Some of the pictures are about our history that we've had here in Houston. It illustrates the argument that we had and how some people reacted to it. The Hispanics and the African Americans wanted to have the same equal of rights, as the Americans. As this pictures start to fade a way we should put more tough and try to fix them. So the next generations can see what there ancestors have done for them.



De La Raza en Los Estados Unidos 1848-1873

This paper was drawn in the same wall where they drew the people wanting the same rights. So in my educated guess I think that this had to do with the rights of the Hispanics and the African Americans. The dates that this paper has are real and something like that happen. Its very interesting how back then in that time, they couldn't do the things that we can do now. Does are the things that made the life we have now thanks to the pass generations.

                                  
This art that is shown below is telling about friendship, culture, and random fruit which it reminds me of thanksgiving. The piece of art in the very right says "No Olvides Tus Raices" meaning don't forger your roots. The one with the dove and the hands represents friendship, because it has 2 hands holding a dove and the broken mirror shining out.

Graffiti usually makes the first impression of, rebellion and vandalism people, but sometimes that is not the case. Many times, graffiti has a meaning or a message that it is trying to convey to the people who are viewing it. Graffiti can also be a hobby for great artists. This may also help improve personal problems, anger issues, etc...Some graffiti can be unknown but other can get you the message a cross.

Houston & its Wonders

Houston is best know for it's business and beautiful art sculptures.The Seven Wonders is one of the pretty sculptures that Houston has preceded by the river that is next to it.They have different symbols in each one, like it has a symbol of the Texas Children's hospital. Another symbol is the one from the Rockets who played basketball. The Red Mouse is another of their amazing sculptures that Houston has. This sculpture is made from 2 different shapes. This shapes make a Micky Mouse face, depending from the place that you were standing. It also looked like it was chained to the ground, for the reason that it had chains buried to the ground. We also went to Tranquility Park, which is a very nice quiet and peaceful park. It felt good and peaceful to sit down in the park and admire the nature and diversity of things that Houston has to offer. The other place we also got to see, was the faces, "In Mind". Depending on the place you were standing, or the angle you looked at it; you could see different faces. Some were big and some were flat, but it all depended on the point of view. I really liked observing these illusions.

The Seven Wonders

These are some faces that can be seen from a certain angle.